using a square tin in a small oven

I have a family size convection microwave oven instead of a full size oven. I make fruit cakes and have to change the tin for next year's competition. I've always used a round tin and now I have to use a square tin. How do I stop it from burning at the corners before the middle is cooked? I set it at 130 dgeress Centigrade and bake for 3-4 hours

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Best Answer

First off, I personally love the hard edges of the brownie. But to your question: There are a few things that you can try to keep the edges from burning.

Use a lighter ( both color and heaviness ) pan, as this does affect the heating rate as well as the distribution of the heat throughout the pan.
Try keeping your ingredients at a relative room temperature so there isn't a large transition from cold to hot in this oven ( the same reason you thaw some things before cooking ).
Try changing the temperature and cooking time. The recipes I usually stick with for brownies are cooking for about 30m at about 350 degrees F (175 c).

One last thing that might work that I have had to do with pie is wrapping foil around the edges until the last 10-15minutes of cooking.

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Can I use a square cake tin instead of a round one?

As a rule of thumb, a square tin holds about 25% more than a round tin of the same size. If you're using a square tin for a round tin recipe, keep the temperature the same, and turn the cake during baking, as the corners tend to cook faster than the middle.

Can I use a square pan instead of round?

Generally you reduce the round cake tin size by 2 cm (1 inch) to arrive at the equivalent size of square cake tin. So a 20 cm (8 inch) round cake tin can be switched for an 18cm (7 inch) square tin and a 23cm (9 inch) round tin can be switched for a 20 cm (8 inch) square tin.

Can you bake a cake in a square pan?

Pour the cake batter into the square pan. Even out the top of the batter and push batter into the corners of the pan with a spatula. Bake the cake in the center of the oven, for the time suggested. Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake when the time is up.

What are square baking pans used for?

Square pans are a nice vessel for baked eggs, or a small casserole or batch of mac and cheese. A loaf pan. The standard sizes are 9 by 5 inches or the slightly smaller 8 \xbd by 4 \xbd inches, and they're pretty much interchangeable as long as you tweak the cook time if you're swapping one in for the other.

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